Cool, got a link?

It's not that HD looks any less HD at 32", it's that SD DVDs and HD will appear more the same the smaller the television set. Blu-ray movies will look fantastic on a 10" portable Blu-ray player with monitor, but this isn't really saying much, is it.

32" HDTVs will display HD material well, but remember, the smaller the television, the more sharper common definition material will look as well. So, to answer your question, HD material will look great on a 32" HDTV, but the preferred size is 50" by most HD enthusiasts (and even larger). The 50" size is mostly attributed to viewing distance. In a standard living room, 32" is just too small. For smaller rooms, 32" is ideal.

Depending on the source material I believe it. I have a couple HD discs both Blu and HD that look no better than their SD counterparts. Also I'm quite certain much of the difference is psychological. I think my HD material looks better than my BD but according to the specs they are either identical or Blu was given an improved transfer so should be better.

It's worth the upgrade. I teetered on the fence for quite a while on this, but decided to go for broke (almost literally) and purchased a Sony 46" Bravia and a Sony Blu-ray player. This is an earlier model player and takes quite a while to load. The Bravia monitor does not have quite the contrast level I'd like for velvet blacks. Aside from those small caveats, this system has rekindled my interest in going back to virtually all of my 1,500 discs to see how they look upcoverted. Most look quite gorgeous, some remain more acceptable on a smaller standard def screen.

However, viewing the better Blu-ray discs with these machines is quite astonishing. You do not need to have a projector and 150" screen area to experience the submersion of a "large" picture area. You can quite literally sit 3-5 feet away from the screen and it will not bother you, because you can't detect the pixels. The sharpness of the image is such that it achieves a highly dimensional quality, and although your peripheral vision isn't filled as it would be watching, say Cinerama or IMAX, you could compare this to sitting roughly ten rows back in an average-size cinema whose projectionist knows what he is doing.

The HOW THE WEST WAS WON Smilebox version is about as good as it gets when it comes to home theater simulating a large-screen experience. Don't be shy - sit right up close!

I am enjoying my collection all over again now, disappointed by how a handful of my DVD's look on a larger screen, but mostly overwhelmingly impressed by how superb most of the are. Worth the money? Hell, yes.